Perna, Laura W2023-05-222023-05-222014-01-012017-10-31Perna, L.W. (2014). Promoting Workforce Readiness for Urban Growth. In Wachter, S. & Zeuli, K. (Eds.), Revitalizing American Cities, pp. 242-255. Philadelphia: University of Pennsylvania Press.https://repository.upenn.edu/handle/20.500.14332/35206Between 2003 and 2009, the gap between the educational attainment of the population and the educational demands of available jobs (that is, "structural unemployment") increased in all but four of the nation's hundred largest metropolitan areas (Rothwell and Berube 2011). Given that a larger education gap between the demand and supply of educated workers is associated with a higher unemployment rate in the metropolitan area (2011), these data demonstrate the need to imporve educational attainment in all metropolitan areas.All rights reserved. Except for brief quotations used for purposes of scholarly citation, none of this work may be reproduced in any form by any means without written permission from the publisher. For information address the University of Pennsylvania Press, 3905 Spruce Street, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 19104-4112Policy and AdministrationHigher EducationAdult and Continuing EducationEducationEducational MethodsHigher EducationTeacher Education and Professional DevelopmentTraining and DevelopmentBook Chapter